WA – Alaska Air Group which serves as the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air recently hosted an Investor Day where the company detailed updates on its long-term growth strategy. The company focused on pandemic recovery efforts, guest experience and financial strength, and ...
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AK – The FAA has released new editions of Sectional Aeronautical Charts that will now depict mountain passes in Alaska’s Brooks Range in an effort to improve flight safety in Northern Alaska. The charts will include the Naqsralugiaq and Carter mountain passes. New depiction elements ...
WA/OR – Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have announced a partnership with Hillsboro Aero Academy to create the Ascend Pilot Academy. The academy will help provide pilots with a path toward a career with Horizon Air and eventually with Alaska Airlines. Horizon and Alaska expect ...
AK – The FAA has begun the installation of technology to support weather reporting stations in Alaska. The weather reporting stations are designed to help provide pilots with weather information prior to departure. The FAA is planning on installing eight new Automated Weather Observing Systems ...
CA – Wisk Aero has partnered with the City of Long Beach in California through the Long Beach Economic Partnership (LBEP). The partnership is designed to help enable the future of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in Southern California. Wisk Aero is the developer of the ...
Odys Aviation has secured $12.4 million in seed funding to support the company’s development facility and to ramp up deployment of prototype hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The company is focused on improving the speed, cost, and environmental impact of regional mobility. The ...
The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) has announced a countdown to the opening of the airport’s new International Arrivals Facility (IAF). The airport has scheduled an online reveal celebration for March 3, 2022, and has invited the public to join streaming of a behind-the-scenes look at ...
The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) reported a 93 percent increase in passenger traffic over 2020 with 4.5 million passengers traveling through the airport in 2021. ANC also broke the airport’s previous cargo record set in 2020 by 14 percent with handling of 3.6 ...
Zero-emission-focused ZeroAvia has raised an additional $35 million to advance the company’s effort toward commercializing its hydrogen-electric technology. The company has now secured $115 million of total investment to aid in the development of its 2-5MW zero-emission powertrain system for regional aviation. Investors in ZeroAvia ...
Washington state airports are set to receive $71 million in infrastructure funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) will distribute the funding on a formula basis. Funding can be utilized to improve airport safety, capacity, security, and environmental efforts. According ...